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• Google knows nearly every Wi-Fi password in the world – Google’s feature that backs up settings and Wi-Fi passwords on Android devices gives the search giant a huge database of known passwords. What happens if a government wants access to that data? Google isn’t clear on whether it’s stored in plain-text form, though it’s …

This is a good week for online music. Today, Microsoft finally made good on a promise to spread its Xbox Music service to more than just its own Windows platform. Mobile apps are now available for both Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android devices. And for those who don’t want to pay for unlimited access to …

The first product resulting from Google’s acquisition is the Moto X, a 4.7-inch smartphone that runs Android 4.2. This is not the first time that Google has controlled the hardware for a smartphone – it has worked with other handset makers on the Nexus line of devices since 2010. But there’s a big difference between partnering with a manufacturer and owning the manufacturer. …

• Microsoft to Buy Nokia’s Device Business in Deal Worth $7.17 Billion and Nokia CEO Stephen Elop stepping down ahead of transition to Microsoft – Microsoft snatches up Nokia, which had moved its smartphone products over to Windows Phone under the direction of a former Microsoft executive, Stephen Elop. Now he returns to the fold …

• Apple’s iPhone Trade-in Program Is Already Being Piloted, Here’s How It Works – Some Apple stores are already offering to take an older iPhone, giving credit on a gift card for a newer one. The program supposedly will launch sometime next month, likely with the launch of the newest iPhones. • Rumors Of Apple’s …

Problems with the Asus-made tablet’s multitouch display have been plaguing many early buyers of the Nexus 7. Consumer Reports on Thursday recommended against buying the Android tablet until its issues are fixed.

• New Details Show Broader NSA Surveillance Reach – With the help of major telcos, the NSA has the ability to reach 75 percent of all U.S. Internet traffic, according to Wall Street Journal interviews with current and former intelligence officials. • US doesn’t know what Snowden took, sources say – The feds don’t know …

• David Miranda, schedule 7 and the danger that all reporters now face – The partner of Glenn Greenwald, the Guardian journalist who has been breaking most of the Edward Snowden stories, is detained at Heathrow Airport for 9 hours under a U.K. antiterrorism law. Guardian Editor Alan Rusbridger says that, earlier, government officials had …

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